Toy swing-chair and sulky



F. KARSCHITZ.

TOY SWING CHAIR AND SULKY. APPLICATION FILEDQJAN- 5, 1920.

Patented June 8, 1920.

47 54 INVENTOR AT'TORNEY FRANK KARSGHITZ, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

TOY SWING-CHAIR AND SULKY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 192@.

Application filed January 5, 1920. Serial No. 349,521.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK Kansorrrrz, a citizen of the Republic of Hungary, residing at 726 Pembroke 5t, Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented an Improvement in Toy Swing-Chairs and Sulkies, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide a novel toy adapted to be used either as a sulky or a swinging chair, which will be extremely simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and attractive in appearance.

Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention comprises the construction and arrangement of parts as now to be described and hereinafter specifically claimed.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the sulky used in connection with a stand as a swinging chair;

Fig. 2 a side elevation showing the sulky detached from the stand;

Fig. 3 a perspective view of the removable tongue for the sulky; and

*ig. 1 1s a sectional view showing in detail the detachable connection between the tongue and the foot rest of the sulky.

The stand comprises parallel uprights 10 which are connected at the top by a cross rod 11 and are strengthened by braces 12.

The sulky is provided with a back 13, a seat 1 1, and a' foot rest 15. The opposite sides of the seat are bent downwardly at right angles as indicated at 16 and to the downwardly bent portions are attached strips 17 of material. The downwardly bent portions are extended, as indicated at 18, and have therein perforations 19 for an axle 20 carrying wheels 21. The opposite sides of the back are bent backwardly at right angles, as indicated at 22, and each backwardly bent portion is attached to a strip 23 of material. The foot rest is connected to the back by strips of material bent as shown. The upper ends of these strips are secured to the opposite sides of the back, as indicated at 2 1, the strips are bent forwardly at right angles to produce the arms 25, downwardly at right angles to produce supporting strips 26, and again forwardly at right angles to produce attaching portions 27 for the foot rest. At points intermediate their ends the supporting strips are attached to the front ends of strips 17 of material, as indicated at 28, and near their rear ends, strips 17 are attached to strips 23 of material, as indicated at 29. Extensions 30 of strips 17 are pro vided to rest the sulky in a tilted back position and to prevent it from turning over backward.

Each of the arms of the sulky is provided with a plate, indicated at 31, and throiwh each plate is a rectangular opening 32. n each of strips 17 of material and directly below each rectangular opening, is a headed pin 33. The cross rod for the uprights pivotally carries hanger straps 3 1 which are provided with offset portions 35 near their upper ends. The lower ends of the hanger straps are provided with fastening slots, as indicated at 36, and a flat strip 37 of material has its opposite ends attached to the offset portions to insure the locations of the hanger straps.

A table 38 is provided at its opposite sides with strips 39 of material, and the inner end of each of these strips is bent downwardly at right angles. One of these downwardly bent portions is pivotally attached to a sup porting strip adjacent its upper end, as in cheated at 10, so that the table may be swung upwardly and downwardly on the pivot, and the other downwardly bent portion has therein a U-shaped slot 41. Adjacent the upper end of the other supporting strip is a headed pin 42 on which the upper wall of the U-shaped slot is adapted to rest when the table is swung to its horizontal position and across the front of the sulky, as will'be readily understood.

The removable tongue as is provided with a rest 1 1 and an offset lower portion 45. In the offset lower portion is a fastening slot 16 and a perforation 4L7. Attached to the foot rest adjacent its front edge and intermediate its sides, is a shaped plate 48 which provides a rectangular opening 19 between the foot rest and the shaped plate. The shaped plate is 50 in which is permanently arranged for upward and downward sliding, a locking pin 51 carrying on its upper end a knob 52 and on its lower end a head 53, both of a size to prevent their passage through the perforation. In the foot rest and directly provided with perforation.

below perforation is a perforation 54 of slightly larger size which allows passage of head 53. Adjacent the rear edge of the foot rest and in alinement with opening 49 is a headed pin 55 for a purpose to be explained. The novel sulky may be used in connection with the stand as a swinging chair, as disclosed in Fig. 1, or it may be used without the stand, as disclosed in Fig. 2. In both instances the manipulation of the table is the same. /Vhen it is desired to place a doll in the sulky one end of the table is swung up, as is suggested in Fig. l, and after the doll is seated, that end of the table is swung down until the upper wall of the slot engages the pin.

' To attach the sulky to the stand, the hanger straps are passed through the rectangular openings in the plates and the lower ends of the hanger straas are sprung outwardly to allow the heads of the pins to pass through the enlarged parts of the fastening slots. The lower ends are then released and the sullry is allowed to carry the headed pins to the bottoms of the fastening slots. The heads on the pins will insure a reliable connection. To remove the sullry the operation is reversed.

By-means of flat strip 37 the upper ends of the hanger straps are held close to the upper portions of the parallel uprights and lateral movement of the sulky, when in use as a swinging chair, is prevented. The offset portions provide space between the hanger straps and the uprights, so that there is no interference between the swinging chair and the stand.

When the novel toy IS in use as a swinging chair, the removable tongue is detached.

To attach the tongue to the sulky, as it is disclosed in Fig. 2, the fastening pin is raised to the position shown in Fig. A, and the offset lower portion of the tongue is inserted in the opening between the shaped plate and the foot rest. WVith the tongue tilted slightly downward, the enlarged part of the fastening slot is positioned over the headed pin. The tongue is then elevated until the headed pin passes through said enlarged part of the fastening slot, and is then pulled slightly forward until the outer end of the reduced wall of the fastening slot engages the headed pin. This will aline pen forations a7 and 54 so that the fastening pin will drop therethrough. It will be apparent that the fastening pin will hold the outer end of the reduced wall of the fastening slot against the headed pin, and thus effect a reliable connection between the tongue and the sullry. T0 detach the tongue the operation is reversed.

Vhat I desire to claim is:

1. A toy swing chair and sulky of the character described, comprising a sulky having a tongue, a stand having uprights piv-' otally carrying hanger straps, and means for disengageably connecting said sulky to said tongue and to said hanger straps.

2. A toy swing chair and sulky of the character described, comprising a sulky provided with a tongue, a stand having uprights provided with a cross rod pivotally carrying hanger straps, means for disen gageably connecting said sulky to said tongue, and other means for disengageably connecting said sulky to said hanger straps.

3. toy swing chair and sulky of the character described, comprising a sulky provided with a tongue, a stand having up= rights provided with a cross rod pivotally carrying hanger straps having offset portions, means for disengageahly connecting said sulky to said tongue, and other means for disengageably connecting said sulky to said hanger straps, whereby when the sulky is disconnected from the hanger straps it may be operated by said tongue, and when connected to said hanger straps it may be used as a swinging chair.

4:.A toy swing chair and sulky of the character described, comprising a sulky hav ing side arms carrying plates provided with openings, a seat carrying strips having headed pins thereon in alinement with said openings, and a foot rest provided with means for attaching it to a tongue, in combination with a stand having uprights and a cross pin connecting the uprights and pivotally carrying hanger straps, the hanger straps being adapted to pass through said openings and to have disengageable connection with the headed pins, and, a tongue carrying at its lower end means fo attaching it to said foot rest.

5. A toy swing chair and sulky of the character described, comprising a sulky hav-.

ing side arms carrying plates provided with rectangular openings, a seat carrying strips with headed pins thereon in alinement with said openings, and a foot rest provided with an opening and a headed pin in alinement therewith, in combination with a stand having uprights and a cross pin connecting the uprights and pivotally carrying hanger straps, the hanger straps being adapted to pass through said rectangular openings and to have -disengageable connection with the headedpins, and a tongue adapted to be inserted through the opening of the foot rest and having means for disengageably connecting it with the headed pin thereon.

6. A toy swing chair and sulky of the character described, comprising a sulky having side arms carrying plates provided with rectangular openings, a seat carrying strips withheaded pins thereon in alinement with said openings, and a foot rest provided with an opening and a headed pin in alinement therewith, in combination with a stand hay ing uprights and a cross rod connecting the beneath said plates and in alinement with said openings, and having attached thereto a foot rest, in combination with a stand having hanger straps pivotally swung therefrom,

the said hanger straps being adapted to pass I through the rectangular openings and to have disengageable connection with the headed pins, and a tongue adapted to have disengageable connection with the foot rest.

8. A toy swing chair and sulky of the character described, comprising a stand, a sulky, and a tongue for said sulky, said stand and said sulky being adapted for disengageable connection by means of pivoted hanger straps on said stand and headed pins on said sulky, and said sulky and said tongue being adapted for disengageable connection by means of a headed pin and a fastening pin on said sulky and a fastening slot and a perroration in said tongue.

9. A toy swing chair and sulky of the character described, comprising a sulky provided with a foot rest and a tongue attached thereto, a stand having uprights provided .with a cross rod pivotally carrying hanger straps, means for disengageably connecting said sulky to said tongue, and other means for disengageably connecting said sulky to said hanger straps.

10. A toy sulky of the character described, comprising a back, a seat having integral downwardly bent side portions carrying wheels, a foot rest, angularly bent strips of material connecting said back and foot rest and providing side arms, and a tongue, said foot rest and tongue being adapted for disengageable connection with each other.

11. A toy sulky of the character described, comprising a back, a seat having integral downwardly bent side portions carrying wheels, a foot rest, angularly bent strips of material connecting said back and foot rest and providing side arms, and a tongue, said foot rest and tongue each carrying means adapting them to be disengageably connected with each other.

12. A toy sulky of the character described, comprising a sulky provided with a pivoted table and a foot rest, said pivoted table being arranged to extend horizontally across the front of said sulky or to be swung upwardly from horizontal position, and said foot rest being provided with means for detachably connecting thereto a tongue.

13. A toy sulky of the character described, comprising a sulky, provided with a foot "est and a tongue, said foot rest having therein adjacent its front edge and intermediate its ends, a perforation, and carrying directly above said perforation, a shaped plate providing a rectangular opening between said foot rest and said shaped plate, and carrying adjacent its rear end and in alinement with said rectangular opening, a headed pin, and said shaped plate slidably carrying a fastening pin, and said tongue having therein a fastening slot and a perforation, whereby when said tongue and foot rest are connected, a wall of said fastening slot will engage said headed pin and said fastening pin will drop through said perforations in said foot rest and said tongue.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FRANK KARSCHITZ. 

